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This Week in Mobile is a weekly podcast produced by Atherton Research that reviews the main news of the mobile world from the past 7 days This Week in Mobile is a weekly podcast available on Apple iTunes or Google Play where I bring you up to speed on the top mobile news stories of the week: On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Justice Department is investigating whether Huawei violated U.S. export sanctions related to Iran. After the Trump Administration imposed a ban on the sale of American technologies to ZTE earlier this month for similar export violations, this latest development feels like deja vu all over again and could cast a serious shadow over the business of the $92.5 billion Chinese company as customers look for a backup plan. According to Pakistan's telecom operators, ZTE has stopped providing services to them following the U.S. decision to ban the sale of American technologies to the Chinese firm. A situation that could spread quickly to ZTE customers around the globe. Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that iOS and Mac OS will not merge because "one of the reasons that both of them are incredible is because we pushed them to do what they do well. And if you begin to merge the two ... you begin to make trade-offs and compromises." In its earnings call, Qualcomm said that it will cut its licensing fee which could help the San Diego company to win back Apple's business and avoid other smartphone makers to switch to Intel modems. Rumors are heating up about Apple canceling the iPhone X because of low sales. In a research note to clients based on supply chain contacts, Atherton Research revealed that Apple will launch the next iPhone X and a larger iPhone X Plus this fall, as scheduled . China's fourth smartphone maker Xiaomi is expanding its presence in Europe with a new store in Paris in May. France is Xiaomi's second largest European market in Europe after Spain where it opened its first European store last November. App of the Week: Acronis Mobile is the only app that can backup all your iOS and Android devices to your local computer or network storage server (NAS) wirelessly, or to the Acronis cloud. After the free 30-day period, Acronis Mobile costs just $50 to backup all your mobile devices to a PC (perpetual license) or $50/year for the cloud backup subscription (250 GB).